Pyrolysis kinetics of refuse-derived fuel

Fuel processing technology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 103-110

  Lin, Kuen Song ^a   Wang, H Paul ^a   Liu, S H ^a   Chang, Ni Bin ^a   Huang, Y J ^a   Wang, H C ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRUDE PETROLEUM; HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; HYDROCARBONS; LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; POLYSTYRENES; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; PYROLYSIS; REACTION KINETICS; SOLID WASTES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; WASTE TREATMENT;

RESOURCE RECOVERY; WEIGHTED SUM METHOD;

REFUSE DERIVED FUELS;

EID: 0032634471     PISSN: 03783820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-3820(99)00043-0     Document Type: Article

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